[gameprogrammer] Re: Welcome new members!
- From: "Samuel Batista" <coder4hire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:50:25 -0600
Hello陈思远,
Paulo is mostly correct, using Lua would be much easier (or Python, but
don’t use Python, it’s much slower than other solutions, including Lua).
The reason for that is that Lua contains a C api that lets you call
functions and share data between your native application (C, C++) and the
scripting Virtual Machine.
In addition, the Java VM itself is not open source (as far as I know), which
would only make things drastically more complicated when creating the
“Glue” code between the VM and native application.
If you have a problem against Lua itself, or other non-OOP scripting
languages, I would recommend looking at Mono:
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
Mono is a VM that is embeddable, it compiles C#, Javascript and other
languages into bytecode that is very fast (not sure if faster than Lua, but
I know that C# and Javascript run very fast on Mono). With Mono you get the
full power of Object Oriented managed languages, with an embeddable, fast VM
that is Open Source. The Unity engine uses this for their scripting layer,
and they’ve had great success! Keep in mind though, Mono is drastically
more complicated to embed than Lua, and will probably cause many headaches
to you.
But if implementing fast, powerful Object Oriented VM is your objective, you
really can’t to better than Mono.
I would still recommend Lua though, it’s quite lovely J
Cheers,
Sam Batista
From: gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paulo Pinto
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:17 PM
To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Welcome new members!
Hi,
welcome to the list.
Although I do prefer managed languages, I think that on your case you are
better
off with Lua or Python for that matter.
Lua is very small language, yet it is very flexible and very easy to
interface with C,
hence the main reason why so many engines are using it nowadays.
You can also use OO with Lua in a way similar to how OO is done in
Javascript.
Java is also possible of course, but usually it is used the other way
around. With
Java and C#, the complete game is mostly written in one of these languages
and C/C++/Assembly
are used for the game engine areas where more performance is required. It
sounds similar, but actually is like you
would have an inverted design.
Still I would advise you to try to use Lua with C or C++, since it is more
widely accepted solution
in the gaming industry.
Paulo
2010/12/13 陈思远 <csy97@xxxxxxx>
Dear Gameprogrammer Friends,
I 'am very happy to join this mail-list. (Sorry for the later reply.)
A bit self-introduction:
I'm from China.(so...sorry for my pool english)
My major is mathematics.(I always want to use some mathematic tool to
develop a real game AI. ex: using neural network,ha~~)
I am learning DirectX and some opensource game library.(ex:SDL HGE)
But I found there few material discussing game architecture design.(I did
not worked in a game company and I want to be a indie game developer.)
Since I have some study on virtual-Machine before,I want to use JVM to
script game's logic. (like War3 editor, I dont like Blizzard's "jass" )
Because Java coud use an object-oriented architecture to model and implement
game's logic.(I found some game engine use LUA.Why not Java?)
....Is this idea correct?
And now,I will start from the beginning of the most basic.
Thanks.
Best regards,
csy97
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>to feel free to answer questions. If folks don't ask questions, they
>can't learn. If folks don't answer questions, the rest of us don't
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